One is not born, but rather becomes, free.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
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Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.
Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Freedom is not constituted primarily of privilege but of responsibilities.
The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
Obedience to the law one has prescribed for oneself is freedom.
No man has received from nature the right to command others. Liberty is a gift from heaven.
There is no higher rule than that over oneself, over one's impulses: there is the triumph of free will.
To will oneself free is also to will others free.
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
The greatest liberty is born of the greatest rigor.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
My spirit yearns for action, my breath for freedom.
Article II – The goal of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, safety and resistance against oppression.
To act freely is to retake possession of oneself; it is to place oneself back in pure duration.
Art is the daughter of freedom.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.
It is through fraternity that liberty is saved.
I can take my freedom as a goal only if I take the freedom of others as a goal as well.
The necessity of pursuing true Happiness is the foundation of liberty.
The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.
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